Oaxacan Bearded Dragon, Stage 1!

^ Cut out template made from enlarged photocopies of a thumbnail sketch.

^ Revised lineart on the final board.

^ I begin priming the mouth and eye first.

^ Head and lighter areas primed.

^ Color added for head markings and shoulder patch.

^ Closeup showing the start of detailed scales on the head markings.

^ Color painted on the in-between markings.

^ I create a pebbly texture for the tiny scales around the Dragon's jaw spines.

^ Shading added to spines.

^ The top of the head, jaw spines, and shoulder patch are finished. Not including the priming layer, this is about an hour's worth of work.